Ranby is a small village in the north of

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The trad ...

, next to the

Chesterfield Canal The Chesterfield Canal is a narrow canal in the East Midlands of England and it is known locally as 'Cuckoo Dyke'. It was one of the last of the canals designed by James Brindley, who died while it was being constructed. It was opened in 1777 a ...

and adjacent to the A1. It is in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

Babworth Babworth is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about 1½ miles west of Retford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,329, including Ranby and rising to 1,687 at the 2011 C ...

. It is known for its two schools, the prep school Worksop College Preparatory School (formerly Ranby House) and the primary school Ranby Primary School, and the nearby church All Saints

. Ranby Prison is located on the A620 to

Retford Retford (), also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England, and one of the oldest English market towns having been granted its first charter in 1105. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterf ...

. The Prison has been updated over the last 5 years and houses an increasing number of inmates. Nearby stood Morton Hall that was built for William Mason J.P. in the 1860s. His children included

Agnes Mason Agnes Mason (10 August 1849 – 19 December 1941) was a British nun, notable as the founder of a religious order of the Anglican Communion, the Community of the Holy Family. Family and education Mason was born in Laugharne, Wales in 1849. She w ...

Harriet Mason Harriet Mason or Marianne Harriet Mason; Marianne H. Mason (19 February 1845 – 7 April 1932) was a song collector, botanical illustrator, plant collector, poor-law inspector, author. Life Mason was born in Marylebone in 1845. She was the dau ...

and Arthur James Mason. The hall was demolished in 1946. The grounds of the hall contained a "Money Stone". The one metre high stone commemorates a hoard found in 1802 containing 621 Roman copper and silver coins. The 1802 stone is now listed.

Notable people

, founded the Community of the Holy Family * Arthur James Mason (1851–1928), clergyman, theologian, was the son of G. W. Mason, of Morton Hall *

, Poor Law InspectorKatherine Field, ‘Mason, (Marianne) Harriet (1845–1932)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 201
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Villages in Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw District {{Nottinghamshire-geo-stub